hannahleila's Reviews (277)

There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family

Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

2.5

dark tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Pregnancy

White Oleander

Janet Fitch

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder

The Death of Bunny Munro

Nick Cave

5.0

Elevation

Stephen King

2.5

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

4.5

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling

5.0

The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien

5.0

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

5.0

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

4.0